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A Window Between Worlds (AWBW) is a non-profit fundraising site dedicated to cultivating and supporting a network of transformative arts programs that empower individuals and communities impacted by violence and trauma. IgnitionDeck is a WordPress Donation Plugin used by AWBW on their not-for-profit website to perform extensive fundraising campaigns for their community. The Goal Gather together their amazing family of…

The Tally On April 23, 2014, Crytivo Games launched an indie game crowdfunding campaign with the goal of raising $320,000 to fund the development of “The Universim,” http://www.theuniversim.com, a next generation planet management-God game fashioned in the likes of Sim City and Total War. Their campaign generated a whopping $387,345, with additional PayPal funding pushing the total over $400,000. The…

Video –– it may have killed the radio star, but it’s helped fund a ton of crowdfunding campaigns! “…what better way to engage the imagination than with a vivid, colorful, and entertaining video?” According to a recent study conducted by MPW Media, the medium is crucial when it comes from taking campaigns from idea to reality. After analyzing 7,196 projects…

Crowdfunding Film School — The Tally In 2013 screenwriter, director, and producer Alex Luprete raised $3,300 in seven weeks to pay for part of his tuition to UCLA’s Professional Program in Screenwriting, surpassing his goal by 10%. The Takeaways Get personal. Nobody wants to receive a spammy-sounding mass message asking for money. Customize your emails and letters for a better outcome….

The Tally IT’S ART ran three successful two-month crowdfunding campaigns within the last year to help computer graphics (CG) artists fund their artbooks, reaching on average 250% of each campaign’s initial goal. The Takeaways Before the campaign launch: Prep, prep, prep. If something goes wrong, how will your team respond? Once your campaign begins, continually re-evaluate what’s working, and what’s not,…

The Tally LA-based indie rock band City City raised $4,508 to help them record and produce their first full-length album from 74 pledgers during a five-month campaign. The band’s first full-length album is now available on iTunes and Amazon. The Takeaways Crowdfunding is a mainstream model now, so focus on standing out with your ask video instead of explaining how crowdfunding…

The Tally Baby Warm, a nonprofit organization that supports individual animal rehabbers, has raised more than $30,000 in 19 weeks, a figure that is more than 3x their original goal amount. The organization continues its mission today, running multiple crowdfunding campaigns simultaneously to help animal rehabbers make a difference in their community. The Takeaways When requesting donations, especially with multi-project…

The Tally To help Angeline Tan achieve a personal goal of cycling across America and share her journey through a documentary, the sports enthusiast raised $23,320 – 93% of her goal amount – in 83 days from May 9, 2014, to July 31, 2014. More than two-thirds of her goal amount was donated during the first month of her crowdfunded…

The Tally The Kneeraiser campaign met the initial goal of $15,000 on February 9, 2014, just three days after the launch, and exceeded the stretch goal of $25,000 a few hours before the campaign ended on April 4. The Takeaways High-quality, consistent copy, graphics and videos build trust with potential donors. Have a marketing plan and make sure everyone involved…

How a small documentary project grew into the most-crowdfunded film of 2012. IgnitionDeck’s first release was funded by a small group of makers and entrepreneurs that were eager for a self-hosted crowdfunding solution, so much so that they donated time and money in order to help get it off the ground. One of these early supporters was Neverending Light Productions,…